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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, MARCH

vitA ~ literati against the Christians. A
corre1pondent urges the pope 10 send Z
legak9 to Pekin to arrange definite modns
viyonM for the protection of Christians
thruukAout China, aud to avoid the contn-
uAncs OF Il, present state Of affairs, which.
the correspondent thinks, VIII drift into
gene1 persecution, massacre, and civil
A 15soLtrioN has been introduced in
the q isiature Of Btitish Columbia 10 call
the atkntion Of the English Government to
the necessity Of protecting the sealing feet
bf nii1eiten vessels id Behring Sea; whose
catch nat year amounted to $200.G00. I'M
til IN understanding is reached the vessels
must ~ idle.
TIN police had great fficulty in effect-
ing IN eviction on the Grifihs estate in
Sligo They found the tenant in bed
chained to large stone which had been
deeply sunk IN the earth. A large crowd
assembled and witness d the work OF re-
IDoyss ii intense excitement.
A LoxDoN cablegram announced the
practical suspension Of financial business
pending the uncertainty as 70 the tesnlt Of
the elections in Germany on the 2lst.
AGENTS OF the French and German
Governments nre visiting the fairs in the
north Of England and purchasing horses
suitable for any use.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
POLITICAL

THE Senate confirmed the following
nominations on the 26th: Consul, Charles
johnson, of Wisconsin, at Prague; E. b.
Sanders, Receiver of Public Moneys at
Wausau, Wis; G. B. Buesey, of Illinois,
Indian Agent at Colorado Agency, Arizona.
ostmasters-Iowa--Tho A. Lasse, at
Logan; John Hornstine, at Boone; Robert
Hufschmidt, at Lansing. Nebraska,-L.
c. Smith, at Schuyler.
A BILL is pending, and hns passed to
the third reading, in the Texas House
authorizing suit sgainst the State of Kan.
sas to recover certain territory in that State
claimed by Kansas. The territory in ques-
ton comprises six counties bordering on
the Arkansas river.
The West Virginia Legislature Adjourned
at midnight of the 25th without having
agreed upon q choice for United States
Senator. 1t now devolves upon the Cover
ernor TO appoint successor to Senator
Camden. whose term expired March 4.
The Lieutenant. Governorship contest in
Indiana assumed peculiar situation on
the 25th, when Robertson, the Republican
contestant, found the doors Of the Senate
Chamber barricaded against him and his
admission denied by the doorkeepsr. The
Republicans of the Senate refused to take
part in the days proceedings. Robertson
said he would not institute proceedings to
oust Smith, his opponent, but would con.
tent himself by making formal demands
daily for admission.
The Minnesota House, by vote OF 81
to 0, passed bill providing that every
common carrier shall before April reduce
rates 20 per cent. on all classes Of freight.
The widow Of DR.. Pavy, member of
the late Arctic expedition, appeared be-
fore the Senate military committee and op-
posed the confirmation Of Captain Greedy
as chief signal officer, asking permission
to submit important documents.
The following nominations were con-
frmed by the Senate on the 22d: Thomas
c. Manning, OF Louisiana, Minister to
Mexico; Fred Ellison, Of Indiana, Consul
at st. Helena; E. W. Mealey, Of Mary
land, Consul at Munich; Frank Allyn, of
Iowa, Assistant Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of Washington Territory; R. A.
Jones. Of Oregon, Chief Justice Of the su-
preme Court OF Washington Territory.
Postmasters p. Bowers. Eldora, Iowa;
E. j. Higgins, Ackley, Iowa; Geo. G. Rod
man, Washington, Iowa; Geo. p. Neal,
Columbus Junction. Iowa: VIM. b. Ner.
ritt, Des Noines, Iowa; Alexander Charles,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; George C. Middle
brook, Millbank, Dakota; David Hammer,
Mitchell, Dakota; n. NJ. Jobey, Eauk
Center, Mimi; E. L. Kempe, Nontsyedeo.
MINI: w. A. Wheeler, Atkinson. Neb.:
Alice H. Groves, Alton, Iowa.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02

years. It 10 to be in the Renaissance style,
its dimensions being 1900 feet by 900
feet. The site covers twenty acres in the
best part Of the city.
AT Augusta, Ky, Henry Dodson, charged
with yagrancy and mistreating his family,
was ordered by the Jury in his trial to be
cold to the highest bidder, ut public auc.
ton, for the period Of seventy FIVE days,
the sale to take place March s.
COLONEL GABE WHARTON, prominent
politician Of Kentucky, was found dsad Id
bis bed In Louisville hotel:
A BED Of red hematite iron ore, sixteen
feet thick, was recently uncovered neal
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
ANDRE ROMAN and Emile Revoire, ed
itor and business manager respectively oi
the Trait Union, New Orleans, fought I
duel just outside the city, they having had
d fficulty in settling their financial aifatra.
Three shots were exchanged at 6fteen
pac, g. Neither was hurt, but honor WA
declared 10 be satisfied.
SAMUEL TREAT, Judge Of the United
States District Court for the Eastern Dis:
trict of Missouri, has resigned his position
TO devote his time to private business. HI
is II years Of age, and was appointed b,
President Pierce. Amos NJ. Tbayer, Judge
of the State Circuit Court, has been ap.
po nted to the vacancy.
THE ice factory at Little Rock, Ark.
valued at $4,000, was burned on the 23d
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
NEWS CONDENSED.
TeIegraphic Summary Of lmpor-
tant Happenings at Home
and Abroad.
THE EAST.

MRS. LOGAN has made known to the
Chicago Monument Committee her desire
that the remains of the Senator be placed
in the center of the circular plat in jackson
Park, comprising forty acres, and that her
body be ultimately laid to rest there.
Ir is stated that fully $5OO,000 has al
ready been put mp on the great ocean yacht
race, with the Dauntless rs the favorite.
A SCAFFoLDINa on which twelve brick
masons were engaged in lining the stacks
Of Valentines furnaces at Bellefon,e, Pa,
gave way, pfecipitsting the men to the hot
tom, distance Of sixty Ave feet. Five
were killed and three others fatally injured.
THE six-story candy manufactory of
Darby Il Co., Baltimore, and all the ma
chinery it contained were destroyed Ly fire
on the 25th, entailing a loss of $500, 900.
The establishment employed three hum
dred people.
STEVE BRoDIE, the man who last year
leaped from the Brooklyn bridge, was mr.
rested at Pittsburg, 10 prevent him from
jumping from the cupola of museum to a
net stretched seventy five feet below, where
vast crowds had gathered.
he Idce-COuIseS VI new AoIk lave seut
to the Legislature bill to legalize pool
selling, by which the State is to derive GER
tain benefits.
For the fraudulent use of beer stamps,
the property of the Trenton Brewing Com
psny, Of Trenton, N. j., has been Sc ED
by officers of the Internal Revenue De-
partment.
THIRTY EIGHT States were represented
at the recent Industrial Labor Congress in
Cincinnati. Among the delegates were ten
ladies.
By the explosion of the heating appara-
tus in Wabash coach a number OF pas
sengers were severely injured and windows
and seats shattered.
THE death of Mrs. Gen. Hunter, in
Washington, is announced. She was the
second daughter Of John Kinzie, the pio-
neer Indian trader, and was born on the
site of Chicago in 1907. She was married
to Lieut.. Hunter at Fort Dearborn in 1920.
Mr.. BEEcHER, in a very recent sermon
at Brooklyn, expressed his opinion that a
lunatic asylum.
COMMISSIONER BLACK asks an appro-
priation of $1,000, 900 and the addition of
221 clerks to his force to adjust the pension
claims ty soldiers of the Mexican war.
By the explosion of natural gas at the
Black Diamond steel works, Pittsburg, one
man was fatally burned and six others seri-
ously injured.
In the matter of the recent disastrous
collision at Republic, on the Baltimore and
Ohio road, the coronor's jury lays the
blame wholly upon the company, which
was using worn out engine and employed
careless and inexperienced trainmen.
I WAsHINGToN's birthday was quite gem
orally observed in the larger cities through.
out the East. At Washington the Govern
ment departments were closed and busi-
ness of all kinds suspended. In the morn
ing grand parade of the military and fire.
men took place.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

j. russell JACK, the heir to large es.
tate in Montreal, has left situation in the
st. Paul railway office at NJ lwaukee, be-
sides debts and forged checks aggregating
$780,
GOVERNOR LARRABEE, of Iowa, refused
to permit Leroy Townsend, who is impris-
oned at For, Madison, to attend the fun
.ral of lis father at Lucas, who was killed
by being struck by the fast mail train. 1t
is understood the 10y will soon be par
doned. A reddler insulted his mother and
Leroy killed him with base ball bat.
A. Z. KENDLEy, City Treasurer of Iron
Mountain, Mich, says he was robbed of
$4,000 by two strangers, who entered his
store in the day time and gave an order
which necessitated his going to the cellar
During his absence the theft is alleged to
have been committed.
JOHN NJ. HALL, serving a life sentence
in the Joliet prison for the murder of John
McMahon and two hired men at Mt. Pu-
laski, Ill.,, died on the 22d. Confessions Of
perjury lately made by witnesses ag inst
him, taken in connect on with his dying
statement, lead to the belief that he had no
TRAIN -wREcKERs removed rail on the
Carolina Central Road, twelve miles east of
Charlotte, which resulted in precpitating
the engine and tender Of the east bound
passenger train down an embankment
twelve feet. The engineer and fireman
were dangerously if not fatally injured. No
other casualties hav, been reported.
DOMESTIC trouble led Morris Hatfield,
city marshal of Bethany, ILL.,. to shoot his
wife and then kill himself. Mrs. Hatfield
will probably recover.
EDWARD PEAsE, the notorious Pennsyl-
vania bigamist, has been lodged in Jail at
Elmira, New York, where he was lately
married.
H. I. BLACKSTONE, who embezzled
$4,000 from bank in Portland, Maine,
was captured in Winnipeg by sheriff,
who followed his wife from home.
JOHN Q, HARRIS, a noted Moonshiner
OF West Virginia, rode all night through
the mud and rain to evade arrest by Feder-
al officers. Soon after reaching the house
of a friend he was seized with q terrible
pain in one of bis toss, ana the pain be-
coming unbearable, he amlutated the men,
Der with chisel and mallet. The pain,
however, ranged upward into his foot and
leg, and in few hours he died in great
agony. For ten years he had been relent.
lessly but nnsuecessfully pursued by the
Federal authorities
EDWARD ID. TUCKER, commercial
traveller for Chicago wholesale house, has
been sentenced to three years in the Joliet
Penitentiary for bigamy. He had pro-
cured n divorce in Utah from his first wife,
but she had it set aside.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02

years Of 1860 and 1851 Mr.. Wheeler repre-
sented that county in the New York House
OF Assembly, and was . member Of the
Senate Of New York in 1858 and 1859, and
President pro tenn. Of that body. He vas
. member and the President of the New
York Constitutional Convention in 1857
and 1858, and was elected Republican in
Congress 70 the Thirty seventh, Forty 6rst,
Forty second, Forty third, and Forty.
fourth Congresses. he was elected 70 he
Vice Presidency Of the Urited States al
March 2, 1877. Mr.. wheeler y nan q
diepined, commanding prssence, his man
neTs ~ cordial, and hie convsrSation Il
unusually interesting.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
HON. WIN. A. WHEELER.

Precari0us Condition OF the ex-Vice Pres
iiept's Health.
A dispatch from Malone, N. Y. statee
that ex-Vice President VIM. A. Wheeler's
health is in q precarious condition. His
physicians say he cannot survive many
months. VIM. A. Wheeler, L. L. D.,
was born on June 30, 1919, in
Malone, Franklin County, New York:
He entered the University OF Vermont, and
afterward commenced the study Of law with
Col. Asa Hascall. He was made District
Attorney for Franklin County, N. Y. and
was its Superintendent of Schools. In the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-02
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
Base Ball i'm Havana.


One must needs go to HAVANA to see
base ball played in all its glory a gem
tleman who witnessed a match game i'm
that city recently, says that our most ex-
citing games are very tame affairs when
compared with an ordinary Cuban con-
test. The attendance ranges. frequently
from between 1900 and 10000 people.
and the colors of the clubs are conspicu-
Ously displayed by the gentlemen and
lady friends of the clubs. The
horses attached to the various vehicles
in the city and out at the park are gayly
decorated with the cOlOrs of the two
clubs, and from the stands wave innum-
cradle flags overhanging the respective
groups of club retainers- The slightest
evidence of good play creates the Wild
est enthusiasm. and instantly the air
is all blue or red with small flags. as the
case may be. The umpire has a
hard time of it, and is
jeered numerically by the OPP
posing faction. On the occasion in
question; when the price for the best
seats was about four dollars il our mon
ey, the umpire, unable to stand the with
ering sneers and jeers of one faction.
quietly left the field and broke up the
game before the third inning had been
played. The game of base ball has been
played in Cuba for some years, but it was
not until the Athletics of Philadelphia
went down there not long ago and gave
them some points that the fever began
tO rage.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
A Decaying City.
New York Times.


The walled city is not only finishsd. it
has entered upon the down grade of ex-
istence, and for years the pace has been
hot; it shows no indication of slacken-
ing. But of this its people are obliviOus:
not all of them, but five-sixths of it's pop
ulatiOn of sixty thousand souls. The
term souls is used advisedly, for this
great majority seems to devote quite as
much time-it might almost be said
quite as many days. and perhaps quite as
much money too in providing for the fu-
ture of its soul as the present and future of
its body. Ships may come and ships may
go, the holy days of holy church must
be observed; trade i'm all its branches
may decline or fly to points where only
one day in seven is observed as a day of
rest, in Quebeck business must defer to
the rules and regulations of a power that
here recognizes no law but its own.
Elsewhere the conditions of life may un-
dergO change with the passage of time:
here the conditions remain unchanged
no, not unchanged, but as they We're be-
fore the great minds of the century
awoke and revolutionized methods. In
1S45, one thousand five hundred vessels
entered the port. They came from
all clines. Last year three hum
dred vessels entered the port. Steam
ships that unloaded vast cargoes and
We're never allowed to lack a return
freight, now steam past the city and
help to swell the wealth of Montreal.
The great docks are no longer crowded
with bales and boxes The splendid st.
Lawrence is no longer burdened with
huge timber RATS and the mills that lined
its banks and We're seldom silent are dis
mantled. The shipwright and his trade
are only a memory. Sixty vessels were
built at Quebec i'm 1850; not one was
built last year. nor i'm 1884.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
TOBACCO ASHES.
A Huge Pile i'm Destruction of
Block of Warehouses

/ A Huge Pile i'm ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
q Block of Warehouses
LOUISVILLE, June 25.-The most de-
structive fire that has occurred here in
years broke out in the tobacco quarter at
1 :35 O'Clock this morning. The entire
| square between Main and Market, and
Ninth and Tenth streets was the scene of
| the fire, and two acres of buildings with
| their contents were lost. The loss is es-
| timated at fully half million and the
| insurance cannot be obtained for weeks
yet. The papers of the various firms are
| in safes in the debris. These will have
to be recovered and five thousand hogs
heads of tobacco that We're destroyed
| checked before accurate fignres are
known.
The box from which the alarm was
| turned in was defective, and as a result
the flames Were almost beyond control
when the engines arrived. The fire was
incendiary, it is thought. 1t broke out
in the middle of the block at the rear
end of the Boone warehouse. There were
no lights or fire of any kind from which
flames spread with fearful rapidity. The
Banner tobacco warehouse and Sawyer,
Wallace & Co. warehouse, both fronting
on Main street, were quickly enveloped
i'm flames. The warehouses mentioned
occupied nearly the whole square, and
all were closely packed with hogsheads
of tobacco. Sawyer, Wallace & Co.'S
house is a branch of the big New York
firm.
The firemen could do very little. The
heat was intense and the infiammable
material was entirely beyond control.
All that could be done was to save the
| adjacent residences and the business
blocks. No lives were lost though sew
eral narrow escapes We're had. Sawyer,
Wallace & COmpany's warehouse, No.
81 Main street, was owned by Henry
Glover. 1t was a solidly built brick
building with metal roof, an immense
structure, and was valued at $50 .0O0
Partially insured. In it were 2.4OO
hogeheads of tobacco worth from Sl2O,-
900 to $125,OOO. All of the tobacco was
destroyed. The stock was well insured.
The Boone warehouse was owned by
Thos. H. Glover and valued at
about $15 200. 1t contained abont 900
hogsheads of tobacco all of which was
consumed. 1t was worth from $120.OOO
to 125, 900 and partially insured on both
buildings and tobacco.
The Banner warehouse was ow ned by
B. M. Parish & Co., valued at about 81
900 and belonged to an undivided estate.
1t contained about five hundred hogs
heads of tobacco valued at from $4,000
to $45 900.
1t is thought that the litigation that
will be brought about by the fire will
be something astounding. Lorrillard &
Co. and Ligget and Myer, large tobacco
firms of New York and st. Louis as well
as others, bought a large lot of tobacco
in this market yesterday and it is said
| that they will claim that the sale was
not consummated, basing their claim
upon some technicality.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
Early vs.. Later Fruits.
Florida Dispatch.


A feadipg commission house IN Phila-
delpliia writes. early in June. peaches
are in demand and will probably bring
better prices for the next three weeks"
Since this time, those who have handled
Florida PeentOs and Honeys i'm North
ern markets, have been telegraphing to
this State, Send more peaches. the
market bare, prices good" Florida
growers make a great mistake in sac
rificing everything to earliness. 1t
seems difficult for them to learn that
frst-class fruit i'm season, pays better
than indifferent early fruit. Take straw
berries for instance this season they
were sent forward before the snow had
fairly melted at the North. 1t was too
early, nobody wanted berries, and the
resulting glut and low prices would have
ruined the season had not a fortunate
frost stopped the rippening of the ber-
ries. Peaches will sell i'm May but they
will sell better in June. Mr.. Rumph
says the Georgia peach growers made
the same mistak at the outset, but
they soon learned that their midseason' 5
fruit paid best.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
THE TURF.

NEW YORK. June ne25.-Sheepshead Bay
races:
First race, a mile dash. Bonanza won;
Bess. second; Cleaner, third. Time:
1:43i. Mutuals paid $3.50.
Second race, three-quarter mile. UNI
pire won: Belle Dor, second: Locust,
third. Time: 1.1St. Mutuals paid $50 25.
Third race, one and three-quarter miles,
The Bard won: Barnum, second: Elk
wood. third. Time: 1903.
Fourth race, I 3-16 miles, Florence
NJ. won: Richmond. second; Berlin,
third. Time: 2:Oet.
Fifth race, I 3-i6 miles, Brown Duke,
won: Boaz. second; Teliedoe. third.
Time: a:0a. Mutuals paid $i6.65.
Sixth race, over hurdles, two miles,
Mammonist, won; Judge Griffith, sec
ond: Shamrock. third. Time: 4.03.
CHICAGO. June a5.-Chicago's annual
summer meeting began to-day at Wash
ington Park. The attendance. was the
largest seen on the grounds. and was es-
timated at from DC. 1000 to 81, 900 persons.
The Derby. estimated at $4,000, was
won by ID. j. McCarty's chestnut colt, c.
ii. TODD by Joe Hooker, dam Rosa b.
First race, one mile, Aurelia won; Ja-
Goblin, second: Duke of Bourbon, third
Time: :404.
Second race, six furlongs, Eva n.
won; Allegheny, second; Blue Eyed
Belle, third. Time: 1:17.
Third race. six furlongs, Tom Upta-
grove, won; Clay Sexton. second; Drum
stick, third. Time: 1:1S4.
Fourth race, American Derby, for
three-year-ol,ls. one and one-half miles.
fourteen starters. G.. III. Todd. won;
Miss Ford, second; Wary, third. Time
1854.
Fifth race, five furlongs, Zuleika, won
Winona, second: Huntress, third. Time
LOCI.
Sixth race, one and one-quarter miles,
Ascot won; Judge jackson, second; The
Doctor third. Time: 2:l6.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26
NUMBER %.
on THE FERRY BOAT.
A Trip Across the ~. Johns and Mha
Was Learned en- Route.

a Trip Across the "a. Johns aud what
Was Learned Route.
Sanntering down along the docks yes
terday morning in quest Of an item of
news, n reporter of THE NEWS ran across
Mr.. t. +. Hussey, the courteous accot
of the jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West Railway, and tackled him for the
aforesaid item. Mr.. Hussey said hc
could give no news, but invited the re-
porter 10 take a trip with him over 10
Rolleston and the terminus of the st.
Johns and Halifax Railroad. Thinking
something might be learned by going
over the item man jumped aboard the
steamer Louise, and there met Col. :. B.
Carter, engineer in charge Of the new
bridge.
Col Carter stated that he could not
say much about the bridge at present as
there were preliminaries To be gone
through with. and until they were set
tied he would say nothing, except that
he was satisfied that matters would be
arranged in very few days and work
would commences; that even now men
were engaged getting timbers ready for
the bridge at Darby's mill. and they
would be taken from there Ia the point
of construction.
Col. Carter also informed the reporter
that the matter of the bridge across the
Halifax River, connecting Ormond with
the beach, about which there has been
great deal of talk, was definitely settled
last Tuesday, that the piling was being
driven and the bridge would be Gem
pleted at once. This bridge is being
constructed by the Ormond Bridge Cam
pany and will be leased 10 the Street
Railway Company, the Bridge Company
(Which is evidently the ST. Johns and
Halifax reserving the right Of running
excursion trains across whenever they
see fit.
While the above information was be-
ing obtained the steamer had run OPP
posite Rolleston. the river landing which
was used by steamers before the railroad
was built. Here could he seen the home
of Mr.. u, j. White. which is being con
siderably improved by long break
water or bulkhead and the underbrush
cleared away. When these improve
ments are completed this will he one of
the handsomest places on the river.
On reaching the railroad dock there
were found quite n lumber Of passen-
gers waiting for the ferry boat. and Mr..
White himself was among them. The
boat only remained there long enough to
transfer the freight and passengers and
take ON the passengers and freight for
Palatka, when away she steamed for the
city again. where she arrived in quite a
short time.
Thanking Col. Carter for his informa-
tion and Mr.. Hussey for the pleasant
trip he had taken. the reporter jumped
ashore and hied him after that item.
feeling very much encouraged for the
outlook of the local columns of THE
NEWS